Other Titles • The King and I • Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I (1956) • Der König und Ich (1956) • Der König von Siam (1956)
Quotes from The King and I (1956)
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King: Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!
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King: [chanting to Buddha before banquet preparations] Help also Mrs. Anna to keep awake for scientific sewing of dresses, even though she be only a woman and a Christian and therefore unworthy of your interest! Anna: [greatly offended, rising] Your Majesty! King: A promise is a promise! Head must not be higher than mine! A promise!
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King: When I sit, you sit. When I kneel, you kneel. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!
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King: You will order the finest gold chopsticks. Anna: Your Majesty, chopsticks? King: I make mistake, the British not scientific enough to know how to use chopsticks.
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King: ...Pairs of male elephants to be released into the forests of America. There it is hoped that they will grow in number and the people can tame them and use them as beasts of burden. Anna: But your majesty, I don't think you mean pairs of MALE elephants.
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Louis: Mother, look! The Prime Minister is naked. Anna: Oh don't be ridiculous, Louis. He can't be all naked. He's only [looks through the telescope] Anna: ... half naked.
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Tuptim: Good day, Madam. My name is Tuptim. I already speak English. Anna: And very nicely, too.
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Lady Thiang: They think you wear dress like that, because you shaped like that.
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Anna: This girl hurt your vanity... she didn't hurt your heart! You have no heart! You've never loved anyone and you never will.
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King: You will say no more! Anna: I will say no more, because there's no more to say!
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King: You are very difficult woman! Anna: Perhaps so, Your Majesty.
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Lun Tha: Death is not worse pain than an empty life.
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Kralahome: [to Anna] Why are you so blind; have you no eyes to see? King tries impossible task - wishing to be scientific man who know all modern things... He will only tear himself in two, trying to be something he can never be! Anna: Of course he can never be, if those who are closest to him are unwilling to help him! Kralahome: You do not know King as well as you think you do. You believe you have great influence over him. You will end up as his slave-like all the others!
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One of the King's wives: [Sees the bearded Ambassador] Oh! He has the head of a goat! British Ambassador Sir John Hay: [holds up spying glass] Wives: Evil eye! Evil eye! [flee from the room in terror]
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Anna: Then how do you explain, your majesty, that many men remain faithful to only one wife? King: They are sick
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Prince Chulalongkorn: [to his father, the King] You believe! Does that mean that you do not know?
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